Collection-docket.



V. H. MULTER. COLLECTION DOCKET. APPLICATION FILED 00T. 15, 190s.

946,860.; Patented Jan18,1910.

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VER H. MULTER, OE BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

COLLECTION-DOCKET.

Application filed October l5, 19138.

To alt whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, VERE H. MULTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collection-Dockets,of which the following is a specification.

This invention is directed to the provision of an improved filing devicefor documents, of such form that the documents may be securely heldthereby in a manner rendering them readily accessible and that a recordmay be conveniently kept of data referring to the documents.

More particularly, the object of the invention is to provide an improvedform of docket for use in lawyers offices for filing papers, cards andother matter relating to collection claims.

in accordance with the invention, the docket is formed from a blank ofheavy paper cut to the shape necessary to provide the parts required forthe completed docket. At one end, the parts of the blank are folded andpasted to form a pocket or envelop. A body-portion extends from thispocket in the nature of a flap for the envelop. rlhis bodyportion is ofconsiderable size; in every case, it is of slightly greater size than anordinary letter-sheet and may be even larger. At the edge of thisbody-portion opposite that at which the pocket is provided, a strip ofpaper at the edge of the blank is turned over to form a fold and aliningopenings are provided through the fold and the body-portion. With thedocket thus constructed, all letters received relating to a claim,together with copies of the answers thereto, may be secured to thedocket by placing the upper edges of the sheets under the fold andpassing paperfasteners through the openings above mentioned and similaropenings provided in the sheets. These sheets, when thus secured to thedocket, lie flat upon the body-portion of the docket when the latter isnot folded so that the letters are readily accessible by turning themover one after another, their upper edges being held by the fasteners.All papers, cards and other articles which cannot be secured under thefold may be placed within the pocket or envelop. TWhen the docket andthe papers held thereby are not in use, the body-portion, together withthe papers secured thereto, may be folded two or more times tosubstantially the size of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. i5, 15H0.A

Serial No. 457,53M.

pocketso that the complete docket may be conveniently filed away. Theface of the docket which is outermost when the docket is lfolded thus,and if desired, one or morev other faces, may be printed to providethereon spaces appropriately designated to receive data referring to theclaim, as for instance the names of the interested parties, the dateswhen various steps were taken, and memoranda of receipts, remittancesand settlements. ln this way, a complete record of the claim may be keptupon the docket itself and within the docket all the papers and othermatter relating to the claim are securely held in such manner that theyare readily accessible.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front view of the docketopened out its full length; F ig. 2 is a sectional perspective view ofthe docket in its folded condition, broken away in part; and Fig. 3 is aview of the back of the docket partially folded.

Referring to these drawings, the docket consists of a body-portion Awhich may be creased to form three parts, a, a and c, adapted to foldone onanother. At one of the edges of this body portion is a pocket B.The blank of heavy paper from which the docket is formed is cut to ashape which will provide the parts for this pocket at the edge of thebody-portion A, and the pocket is formed by bending over the part Z)upon the part underlying it and then bending over the liaps o andpasting them to the part b to hold the latter in position and close theedges of the pocket. The body-portion A is of substantial size; it is atleast of greater size than an ordinary letter-sheet. At its edgeopposite that at which the pocket is formed, a strip of paper at theedge of the blank is turned over upon the body-portion to form a fold Cand openings o are provided in this fold and, under them, in the portionA.

rlhe back of the body-portion A, )referably the parts a and a thereof,is suitably printed, as indicated in Fig. 3, to provide spacesappropriately designated for names, numbers, dates, amounts, interestrates, amounts received, remittances, and memoranda of settlementrelating to a claim.

With the docket constructed as above described and opened out as shownin Fig. l,

letters received, copies of answers thereto and other papers referringto a claim may be secured to the docket by passing` the upper edgesthereof under the fold C and passing fasteners through these edges andthe openings lV hen thus secured the papers inay be laid out fiat uponthe body-portion A because of the size of the latter, and will there bein position for convenient use. Cards and other articles which cannot bereadily secured to the fold G may be placed in the pocket ll. As eachstep is taken with reference to the claini, a record thereof is niadeupon the outside of the docket in the space designated to receive thatrecord. The inatter printed on the outside of the docket may he socoinplete as to provide spaces for records of practically all the stepswhich are taken in the prosecution of a claim. Wlhen the docket is notin use, the three parts a, a and a with the papers oif'erlying theni and.secured to the fold C may be folded one on another and the Whole foldedover upon the pocket B in the manner indicated in F ig. 2, so that thedocket can be iiled away conveniently and will take up but little space.When vthus folded the printed and Written matter on the part a isoutermost so that it may be conveniently read.

Having now described my invention, What l claiin as new therein anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is as folloWs:-

docket fornied from a blank of heavy paper and having a body-portion ofa size greater than a letter-sheet, a fold integral with thebody-portion at one edge thereof folded over upon one side of thebody-portion, and a pocket at the opposite edge of the body-portionfornied by flaps integral with the body-portion of the docket, foldedover upon the saine side thereof as said flap and having their edgesunited, said body-portion, together with papers secured thereon withtheir edges under said fold, being adapted to be folded upon itself tosubstantially the size of said pocket and to be folded upon the pocket,substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 18th day of rrugust, 1908.

VERE H. Mueren.

llitnesses K Hnxinn'r'ra G. PALMER, F. G. KELLEY.

